Download or read book The Productive Leader written by Sally Foley-Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you trying to do more with less? Do you feel pulled in every direction? Are you trapped on the hamster wheel of busy? TIME IS PRECIOUS There are only so many hours in the day. Yet there has never been more pressure to do more, ramp up results and deliver. Interruptions, distractions and bad habits all throw our productivity and potential into chaos. WE'RE ON 24/7 It's a cruel irony that in a world of immense connectivity, we feel increasingly disconnected and unproductive. The incessant emails, phone calls and social media alerts steal precious family and leisure time. It can seem impossible to "switch off." THE PRODUCTIVE LEADER The productive leader knows how to achieve more. They reduce stress, maximise their time and stay focused by leveraging their skills, people and resources. They are in control, inspire others and are happier. Are you ready to become a productive leader? THIS BOOK WILL: - Uncover the key skills and attributes needed for a more productive approach to your work, your life and your team. - Explore which habits hinder or help your productivity and how these impact on your team and your workload. - Help you discover the ways you can amplify your productivity to bring new levels of achievement and success into your life, work and team. - Show you how you can engage and empower your team to truly drive performance and ramp up their productivity. ENDORSEMENTS: " This is a fast-moving, practical book that shows you how to increase your performance, results and rewards immediately. Every step or idea is proven and easy to apply." Brian Tracy, Best-Selling Author, East That Frog. "Sally Foley-Lewis has written the penultimate book on productivity! Cleverly crafted with real world strategies that you can implement in a matter of minutes. It will be become an all time classic reference book for the modern leaders of business. Well Done ... 10 out of 10!" - Keith Abraham CSP, Multi-Award Winning Keynote Speaker, 5 x Best-Selling Author Founder of the Passionate Performance Program "In this phenomenal book, Sally Foley-Lewis says, "It matters not what role you're in or what your job title is. You are a leader. A leader is not a job title - it's a behaviour." This gem alone can transform the path of a human being. Sally is one of those people whose insights are powerful and command attention. Read. This. Book!" - Karen Jacobsen, The GPS Girl "Loved your insights and the way they were delivered with a combination of story telling and statistics. I could see myself in your examples and what I can see I can take action on. Productivity has increased and time has been saved. Thank you!" - Julie Cross CSP "Sally Foley-Lewis is the real deal. She practices what she shares in this book. She shares not only what works for her clients, but what she puts into practice to make her one of the most productive people I know. Her book is filled with practical ideas shared clearly and with humour. Your small investment in this productivity tool will pay off many times over - if you apply her techniques to your life." - Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC, bestselling author of 26 books, USA "Who has time to be more productive? I'm too busy! Feel lighter, less stress and learn to become more accountable for results with "The Productive Leader" by Sally Foley Lewis." - Scott Friedman CSP, Global Speaking Fellow, Founder of Together We Can Change the World

Download or read book At Your Best written by Carey Nieuwhof and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A perceptive and practical book about why our calendars so rarely reflect our priorities and what we can do to regain control.”—ADAM GRANT “Carey’s book will help you reorganize your life. And then you can share a copy with someone you care about.”—SETH GODIN You deserve to stop living at an unsustainable pace. An influential podcaster and thought leader shows you how. Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script an inordinate number of people adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar: ● Slammed is normal. ● Distractions are everywhere. ● Life gets reduced to going through the motions. Tired of living that way? At Your Best gives you the strategies you need to win at work and at home by living in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow. Influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof understands the challenges of constant pressure. After a season of burnout almost took him out, he discovered how to get time, energy, and priorities working in his favor. This approach freed up more than one thousand productive hours a year for him and can do the same for you. At Your Best will help you ● replace chronic exhaustion with deep productivity ● break the pattern of overpromising and never accomplishing enough ● clarify what matters most by restructuring your day ● master the art of saying no, without losing friends or influence ● discover why vacations and sabbaticals don’t really solve your problems ● develop a personalized plan to recapture each day so you can break free from the trap of endless to-dos Start thriving at work and at home as you discover how to be at your best.

Download or read book The Productive Leadership tm System written by Thomas J. Moriarty and published by Industrial Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical leadership training never seems to 'move the needle' in terms of creating more effective leaders. That's because the system that supports leadership hasn't changed. To get true improvement in leadership, organizations need to focus on accountability. There must be an asset management system that defines and assigns accountability. Then individual leaders can learn and apply productive leadership. The author has coined and trademarked the Productive Leadership(TM) System (PLS) which includes: *A Productive Leadership Policy*The Organizational Reliability Model(TM) (ORM) *The Productive Leadership Model(TM) (PLM)*A Productive Leadership Development Program The ORM overtly defines and assigns accountability across each leadership level. The PLM identifies the leadership roles, attributes, skills, sources of power and other aspects that productive leaders must master. The development program creates a leadership pipeline for professional development of current leaders and prospective leaders, and on-boarding the right people for leadership positions. The author includes a chapter on the human brain to show that leaders and followers are capable of learning throughout their lives, and the science behind creating habits and cultures. The book has several tools and exercises to help reinforce important concepts. Appendices include details on the Team Effectiveness and Motivation Survey (used in the 2015 Alidade MER/Plant Services Magazine Leadership Survey), an ISO 55000 overview and the Guidance and Execution Model(TM), an example for developing processes and procedures. Features Recommendations for a full Productive Leadership Development Program and training, including: Characteristics of individual leaders: The desire to be responsible and having a personal mission, vision, and values that align with the leadership position. Leadership roles: Expert/technician, manager/administrator, coach, systems thinker, and visionary. Leadership attributes: Consistent, attentive, respectful, motivational, and assertive. Leadership skills: Time management, communication, empowerment, giving and receiving feedback, and conflict management.

Download or read book The Conscious Leader written by Shelley Reciniello and published by Lid Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do things go wrong in companies that shouldn't? How can you wake-up and become conscious of secret motivations, unrecognized Achilles heels, and hidden agendas in yourself and your employees? When what has gone wrong doesn't make sense, Dr. Shelley Reciniello looks for the unrecognized, underlying psychological issues that caused the problem. What's going on unconsciously, out of awareness, is often more important than what is happening on the surface. This book describes the nine most fundamental, but often neglected truths about human beings and their workplace behavior in jargon-free, accessible concepts and examples. With humor and inspiration, she provides you with the principles and practices necessary for conscious leadership which you can immediately apply in your organizations. --

Download or read book Productive Tensions written by Christopher B. Bingham and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions. Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6 percent are satisfied with their innovation performance. Should leaders aim for Steve Jobs-level genius, shower their projects with resources, or lean in to luck and embrace uncertainty? None of the above, say Christopher Bingham and Rory McDonald. Drawing on cutting-edge research and probing interviews with hundreds of leaders across three continents, in Productive Tensions Bingham and McDonald find that the most effective leaders and successful innovators embrace the tensions that arise from competing aims: efficiency or flexibility? consistency or change? product or purpose? Bingham and McDonald spotlight eight critical tensions that every innovator must master, and they spell out, with dozens of detailed examples of both success and failure, how to navigate them. How do you excite customers about a product they’ve never imagined? When is it wise to accept what the data is telling you, and when should you ignore the data and plow forward anyway? How can you maintain stakeholders’ trust and support during radical unforeseen course corrections? Bingham and McDonald guide readers through innovation’s thorniest tensions, using examples drawn from the experience of organizations as varied as P&G, Instagram, the US military, Honda, In-N-Out Burger, Slack, Under Armour, and the snowboarding company Burton.

Download or read book Be a Happy Leader written by Tia Graham and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America and the Western world are facing an epidemic of disengaged, unhappy, and burnt-out leaders and in Be a Happy Leader, Tia Graham utilizes her knowledge of positive psychology and unique 8-step business methodology to help leaders lead positively, put their people first, and create engaged teams leading to higher productivity and profit.

Download or read book Love Works written by Joel Manby and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and Expanded Edition of the Leadership Bestseller Harness the meaning of love, the verb, to improve your corporate culture and bottom line with the help of Joel Manby, former President and CEO of both SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Herschend Enterprises. Joel won the respect of America with his appearance on the CBS reality TV series Undercover Boss. A highly successful corporate executive, Joel Manby is unlike most other CEOs. As the 18 million viewers of Undercover Boss witnessed, Manby has a unique style of leadership--servant leadership--which has a profound impact on his employees. In this updated and expanded edition of Love Works, Manby demonstrates that leading with love is effective even in extremely difficult business environments, which he experienced at SeaWorld. With an all-new introduction and two additional chapters, Manby shares more of his own leadership and personal stories, giving insight that will help you become a more effective leader by: Cultivating a culture that builds improved employee engagement and long-term success Outlining seven time-proven principles that break down the natural walls within the workplace Overcoming personal failures at work and home Empowering your managers and employees Disarming difficulties in the workplace Discover the truth of the power of love to change the course of your business and your life today!

Download or read book Productive Leadership Tips written by Dave Crenshaw and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a productive leader? In this course, instructor Dave Crenshaw takes on the topics of productivity and leadership, showing that they are deeply connected and demonstrating how to excel at both. Dave shares tips and techniques gleaned from his 20+ years of experience coaching and consulting leaders from around the world. He explains that leadership is about developing the best in others and creating other productive leaders. He shares strategies for prioritizing actions and results, training others to succeed, providing consistent, unwavering accountability, and more. This course was created by Dave Crenshaw and Invaluable Inc. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

Download or read book Doing the Right Things Right written by Laura Stack and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A How-To Guide for the Modern Leader Inspired by Peter Drucker's groundbreaking book The Effective Executive, Laura Stack details precisely how 21st-century leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness, Stack says, is identifying and achieving the best objectives for your organization—doing the right things. Efficiency is accomplishing them with the least amount of time, effort, and cost—doing things right. If you're not clear on both, you're wasting your time. As Drucker put it, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Stack's 3T Leadership offers twelve practices that will enable executives to be effective and efficient, grouped into three areas where leaders spend their time: Strategic Thinking, Teamwork, and Tactics. With her expert advice, you'll get scores of new ideas on how you, your team, and your organization can boost productivity.

Download or read book Productive Leadership written by Roy L. Spore and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Productive Leadership is a celebration of the small churches of America and the lasting legacy they have provided for the Christian landscape. Combining attributes of proven leadership with stories from the New Testament, it provides a practical guide for developing and maintaining fruitful ministry and is written for lay and clergy leaders in these small- to mid-size churches. Utilizing experiences from actual ministry situations, it uses both successes and failures to learn how to work together, taking the reader from assessing the cultural values of a church through discerning God's vision for ministry and working together in leadership. Complete with step-by-step exercises for individuals, councils, and committees, the various chapters form a map for developing effective ministry in what often seems to be a futile mission field. Readers are invited to examine leadership qualities by identifying their own characteristics and competencies and how they are best used in working within the ministry of their local church. Well suited for individual readers, it is also a valuable resource for church councils to discover how they can best work together toward the fulfillment of their mission, making the most productive use of their time and resources. Anyone interested in the future ministry of small churches will find this book to be a valuable resource.

Download or read book The 5 Choices written by Kory Kogon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The 5 Choices provides the methods to get the right things done, not try to get everything done, and to feel like you made a meaningful contribution at the end of the day.” —Kevin Turner, former COO of Microsoft For fans of Deep Work, Great at Work, and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 5 Choices is an essential guide for understanding productivity and time-management in the 21st century. Every day brings us a crushing wave of demands: a barrage of texts, emails, interruptions, meetings, phone calls, tweets, breaking news—not to mention the high-pressure demands of our jobs—which can be overwhelming and exhausting. The sheer number of distractions can threaten our ability to think clearly, make good decisions, and accomplish what matters most, leaving us worn out and frustrated. From the business experts at FranklinCovey, The 5 Choices is an exploration of modern productivity. It offers powerful insights drawn from the latest neuroscience research and decades of experience in the time-management field to help you master your attention and energy management. The 5 Choices is time management redefined: through five fundamental choices, it increases the productivity of individuals, teams, and organizations, and empowers individuals to make selective, high-impact choices about where to invest their valuable time, attention, and energy. The 5 Choices—like “Act on the Important, Don’t React to the Urgent” and “Rule Your Technology, Don’t Let It Rule You”—will not only increase your productivity, but also provide a renewed sense of engagement and accomplishment. You will quickly find yourself moving beyond thinking, “I was so busy today, what did I actually accomplish?” to confidently realizing “I did everything I needed to accomplish today—and did it meaningfully.”

Download or read book The Productive Leadership System written by THOMAS J. MORIARTY and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Work of Leaders written by Julie Straw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culmination of six years of research and development, The Work of Leaders presents a simple structure that neatly captures the complexity of contemporary leadership. The goal of this book is to make this wealth of leadership insight accessible to anyone who wants better results as a leader. The work that leaders do—the work that really matters—is boiled down to three areas: crafting a vision, building alignment, and championing execution. Vision, Alignment, and Execution are “magic words.” They strike a chord that turns the goal of leadership into tangible steps. With passion and insight, the authors draw from the best-known leadership authorities, while leveraging their unparalleled access to data from thousands of leaders and followers and their connections to hundreds of organizational development consultants. Interwoven with humor and drawing from real-world scenarios, The Work of Leaders distills leadership best practices into a simple, compelling process that helps leaders at all levels get immediate results.

Download or read book 212 Leadership written by Mac Anderson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 212 Leadership, Mac Anderson shares 10 of the elements that can help to transform your leadership skills, along with some of his favorite quotes on the elements of leadership. You'll gain insight into the qualities and characteristics of great leaders. History has identified many qualities and characteristics of great leaders, and, of course, no person embodies them all. But the great leaders have one simple thing in common: They have developed their leadership styles around their personalities and their values, and in the end, their actions are consistent with what they truly believe. 212 Leaders have made the leap from good to great. They are able to not only rally the troops to committed, purposeful action, but also to create an environment where quality and innovation are the norm, rather than the exception. 212 Leadership is designed to make you think...to help you grow...and to provide that extra degree of passion to take your leadership skills from effective to extraordinary!

Download or read book Leadership Through People Skills written by R. E. Lefton and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-09-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneers of the Dimensional Model for managerial behavior demonstrate how to master skills that boost productivity Robert Lefton and Victor Buzzotta, cofounders of Psychological Associates, have revolutionized managerial procedure with their Dimensional Model--a behavioral standard that has been adapted and imitated by companies all over the world. Leadership Through People Skills outlines this model, as the authors explain in detail how people skills work and provide exercises designed to improve them. They also offer strategies for using these skills in the right situations, at the right times, in the right ways with direct reports, peers, and bosses. Managers will learn how to improve their: Sizing-up skills: interacting effectively through appropriate action Communication skills: strategies for finding out what others are thinking Motivational skills: giving people a compelling reason to do their best Adaptive skills: fitting actions to the people for whom they are intended

Download or read book 5 Ways to Productive Leadership and Impact written by Harold K. Mawela and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This leadership book is a labor of love in that it explores a new way to be thinking about leadership - a way that is near and dear to my heart. That's because this new way focuses on fostering connection between people, their leadership, and with the company they work for. I spend a lot of my time and energy working within a church culture and the best thing I can imagine receiving from this experience is working with a leader who exemplifies the characteristics I describe in this book. These are the type of characteristics that, as an employee, would allow me the opportunity to enjoy more the work that I do, to thrive at work, to engage with my colleagues on a whole new level, and in the end, be more well-balanced, content, and productive for it. As a leader in my own right, these are also the characteristics that I strive to embrace and to exemplify because I want the people I work with to feel connected to me, to the work we're doing together, and to be the best they can be. We all want connection, we all want to feel valued, and we all want to live a life as stress-free and productive as possible. It's a sad fact, though, that many corporate cultures, as well as small business cultures, are not necessarily focused on fostering a working environment where an employee's wellbeing is paramount. I want to change that. I want to encourage ways to cultivate working environments that are more friendly versus hostile, more genuine versus malevolent, and more open and collaborative versus territorial. A company centered on connection and wellbeing is a stronger company because the ties that bind employees and the leadership together are stronger. And, a stronger company is more apt to weather the tides of market changes, to grow in prosperity, and to build on its successes. Leadership helps drive and foster a connected culture, and that's a good thing for everyone.There are thousands of books, journal articles, blog posts, executive briefs, and tweets on leadership. Leadership is in vogue these days. Academic degree programs in leadership are emerging from everywhere. The International Leadership Association, a professional network association of leadership scholars and practitioners, lists over 2,000 certificates and academic degree programs in leadership alone. There are countless other leadership programs offered through professional development programs, executive coaches and consultants, and university continuing education courses, all dedicated to improving the quality of leadership. However, there is a dearth of literature on leadership that comes from under-represented voices: people of color, women, youth, and non-western voices. I believe that expressions of leadership are all around us, but seldom do we take time to honor and consider their significance. I have spent the latter part of my years researching on leadership and as a Pastor and coach, I am called to live and model its truths. I also conduct leadership seminars, which have afforded me the opportunity to reflect on the practical implications of many of the leadership theories I use in the classroom and the pulpit.

Download or read book Self Leadership How to Become a More Successful Efficient and Effective Leader from the Inside Out written by Andrew Bryant and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead yourself to success—and others are sure to follow “For leaders looking for a plan of ‘Why, What, and How’ to become a better leader, the answer is between the covers of this book.” —Chester Elton, New York Times bestselling author of The Carrot Principle, The Orange Revolution, and All In “Ever wish you could be more confident, more engaged, or more productive in your life? Look no further. All the concepts and tools are right here.” —Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D., Psychologist and Education Director, VIA Institute on Character “Self-reliance, courage, confidence, emotional self-awareness, and perseverance encompassed into one leadership concept.” —Garee W. Earnest, Ph.D., Professor, The Ohio State University “Bryant and Kazan’s groundbreaking work challenges us to take the first small steps of what will be for many a lifelong journey of self-discovery from the inside out.” —R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D., Professor, North Carolina State University “Andrew and Ana’s . . . research, insights, and experience provide a practical tool-kit on how you can choose to live your life and your work and influence others to do the same.” —Philip Beck, Chairman, Dubeta “It is generally accepted in the business literature that the heart of leadership is leading self. I believe that leading self is also the path to being a ‘responsible’ leader. The important contribution made by Self Leadershipis that it tells you what to do if you want to get better at leading self. Read this book if you desire to be more effective as a leader and remember, "You don't have to be bad at leadership to get better." —Stephen C. Lundin Ph.D., author of the bestseller, Fish!